A couple of years ago some friends decided it’d be a good idea to have their wedding at 4 PM on a Saturday afternoon in October. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to be there to celebrate but there were multiple college football games on the schedule. I was going to miss one of the biggest games of the year…
If you’re a fan or follower of some Hollywood celebrities and musicians, you may have run across a scary post on Instagram recently. Stars such as Rob Lowe, Julia Roberts and Usher shared a viral post that claimed Instagram had changed its privacy policy and would be making everyone’s Insta’s public this week. The post further asked people to share…
Like we need another credit card. Apple’s new credit card is different. It’s ‘virtual’ plastic, it appears as a card in your Apple Wallet, though you can order a physical card, and here’s the big thing: anybody with an iPhone can get one. Anyone can apply for an Apple card straight from their phone. And the process…if you even want…
What if you could use a password with 13 characters, letters, numbers, special characters and use a different combination for every online account you have? And what if you could change those passwords every time you log-in. Pretty secure right? That’s the idea behind security keys. Small devices that plug into a computer or tap on the back of a…
It’s the question I almost always hear when talking about cutting the cable or satellite cord: “can I watch football?”. It is truly THE most important question for many people now that ESPN carries the NCAA football championship playoffs and hundreds of other games during the season. ESPN now has The SEC Network and ACC Network that will each offer…
Money is the #1 thing couples fight about most. Where is it going? How much is left to spend? Who’s going to pay which bill. Of all the budgeting apps in the app stores, “Honeydue” may be what you need. Honeydue was created for couples. The idea is that both people download the app, link it to their checking and…
It used to take a lot of work to plagiarize something. You had to go to the library, find the right book and copy. Today, students can do all that with just two right clicks of a mouse. But Google has a new tool to help teachers sniff out the copies. It’s called “Google Assignments”. Google Product Manager Zach Yeskel…
When I was a student, there were a lot of distractions. Noisy roommates and loud hallways keep many students from being able to focus on their work. Today’s students though, have more options to help them meet every assignment using tech gadgets that are essential for school and work. One of my favorite gadgets is a set of noise-canceling headphones….
Like a lot of people, I have dozens of old videotapes stored in boxes and on shelves in my house. Video of my children being born, their first Christmas, first time on a bike, first soccer game, and hours of dance recitals and school programs. We can’t watch them. The technology from the 90s and 2000s is obsolete. We haven’t…
Could you spend a weekend at one of the most beautiful places on earth, and not take a picture? Not post to Facebook? Not even send a text? That’s the challenge put out by satelliteinternet.com, a tech company advertising a “Dream Job” that, for some people might sound like a nightmare. “People spend an average of 11 hours a day…
